Literature search & literature review – what is the difference?

Literature search & literature review – what is the difference?

It is interesting to note, that too many people confuse the terms "Literature Review" and "Literature Searching". Long ago, I noticed this when if invited to deliver a lecture, then the topic against my name would be "Literature Review". I needed to tell the organizers that I do not teach this, but I teach Literature Searching. Sometimes in spite of this when I was being introduced just before my talk, this term would appear again! A literature search is the process of doing a structured, methodological search to fine the existing literature related on a topic for research, or even…
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Sharpen the Saw

Sharpen the Saw

Sounds familiar? Yes - it is the 7th Habit - from Stephen Covey's book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Covey emphasizes the need to sharpen ourselves from time to time. He describes an incident of a man continuously cutting the branches of trees with a saw. When another man suggests that he stops to sharpen the saw to make things quicker, he responds - "Can't you see I am busy cutting the branch? I do not have time to sharpen the saw"! Let us stop and think. Many of us fall into this trap. We are so busy…
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How we use ChatGPT. And how we do NOT use it!

How we use ChatGPT. And how we do NOT use it!

I first heard about ChatGPT fairly soon after it was open. It was fascinating. I tried using it in several contexts and had fun. Then my mentor asked me to attend a session by Peng Joon - an entrepreneur from Malaysia. I learnt some very interesting "how to's" from this session: Give prompts. Tell Chat GPT what you want. Make your prompts as specific and detailed as possible Explain who you are. That helps the tool customize the output - making it suitable for your use Give an input as to how many lines or words you want the output…
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